scaphopod

scaph·o·pod

S0122750 (skăf′ə-pŏd′)n. See tusk shell.

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[From New Latin Scaphopoda, class name : Greek skaphē, boat + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

scaphopod

(ˈskæfəˌpɒd) n (Animals) any marine mollusc of the class Scaphopoda, which includes the tusk (or tooth) shells[C20: from New Latin, from Greek skaphē boat + -pod]

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scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellclass Scaphopoda, Scaphopoda - small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shellstooth shell, tusk shell - any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing